§ 31-21.1-7 Penalties for refusal to act.
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An organization chartered for the purpose of combating discrimination, racism,
or of safeguarding civil liberties, or of promoting full, free, or equal
employment opportunities, may seek appropriate relief in a civil action against
any police department for failing to collect or transmit the data as required
in this chapter, and may be awarded its costs, including attorneys' fees, for
bringing such an action. As a condition precedent to the filing of a civil
action by an organization under this section, the organization shall send a
notice to the attorney general and the committee identifying the police
department which is failing to collect or transmit the data and the
organization shall then allow fifteen (15) days to elapse to allow the police
department to come into compliance or to allow the attorney general to commence
a civil action to enforce compliance with this chapter.
(P.L. 2000, ch. 251, § 1.)